As the district attorney, I am elected by the people of Humboldt County, but I am an officer of the State of California. The Investigative Unit of Humboldt County's District Attorney's Office is the county's top law enforcement office and has jurisdiction everywhere in the county.

The investigators on my team are some of the best trained law enforcement officers in the county. The guns that are issued to the DA Investigators are standard issue, standard practice. When faced with armed criminals, it is never okay to leave law enforcement officers without the tools necessary to protect the public and themselves.